Markey to hold what may be final hearing for House committee on global warming

The House Select Committee on Global Warming and Energy Independence will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 1 to discuss climate change from “national, economic, and planetary security perspectives.” Chairman Edward Markey (D-MA) has assembled a list of prominent witnesses, including General Wesley K. Clark and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., signaling that while the committee may be disbanded in a Republican-controlled House, the problems it was created to address are not going anywhere, and a failure to address them is a failure of leadership. From the Select Committee’s website:

November 29, 2010 – While politics continue to evolve here in America, the challenges presented by our dependence on oil and fossil fuels, and the increasing destabilization of the climate continue to persist. General Wesley Clark, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and an all-star panel will discuss these ongoing challenges from national, economic and planetary security perspectives.

The Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. in room 210 in the Cannon House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Not Going Away: America’s Energy Security, Jobs and Climate Challenges.”